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In girls basketball: Falcons defense stifles Mount Mansfield

Lady Falcon Ashley Robishaw-Morin demonstrates the speed of the North Country squad as she bolts past Mount Mansfield defender Wynne Poleman. Photo by Richard Creaser

by Richard Creaser

copyright the Chronicle 12-16-2012

NEWPORT — The North Country Union High School Falcons earned their second win to remain a perfect 2-0 on the young season with a 54-23 victory over the visiting Mount Mansfield Union Cougars on Thursday night, December 20. The loss marked the fourth straight defeat for the Cougars.

North Country Coach Christiane Brown credited strong team defense in the Falcons’ win.

“We’ve emphasized that good defense is what’s going to create offense this season,” Coach Brown said. “Our defense is going to fuel our transitional opportunities. Those really change the momentum, and that works to our advantage.”

The Falcons certainly did seem to have the upper hand in the paint on Thursday. North Country recovered rebounds, limiting the Cougars scoring chances, and effected an efficient turnaround to increase their own.

“Our scoring was pretty spread out,” North Country guard Desiree Coffin said after the game. “I think almost everyone on the team got a basket, and the ones that didn’t played hard and helped everyone else get theirs. It was a total team effort.”

Anna Bingham kicked off the scoring, netting the first basket to give North Country a lead it would never relinquish. The Lady Falcons would bolt to an eight-point lead before the Lady Cougars finally hit the score sheet. That six-point spread would prove to be as close as the Cougars would get to the red-hot Falcons all evening.